Retro aesthetics as curated lore/love. We are not archiving history; we are decoding the mythic essence of a past that is still at play in our hearts. #retro
The future they promised us, the future we never got.
Mission Statement: We take the photos of the retro years, of a mid century gone by, photos with faded resolution and or no color and as an experiment and labor of love we bring them to life as if they were brand new so you can experience them in their optimism and vibrancy! This is our contribution to preserving retro culture!
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#retro #Paris #1970s #happy #midcenturymodern
Hayley ate some tainted figs on holiday in Crete in 1964 and was able to see into the future, and it did not look good.😀#Retro#HaleyMills#1960s
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Playboy van shag logic: If the van’s a-rockin’…don’t come a-knockin’. Circa mid 1970s 😀 Austin Powers would be proud!
#Retro#1970s#Vanlife#Shag#Playboy
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@KJP A1 still tastes the same. Always had it in the house back in Queens NY when I was a kid in mid 70s. Remember once around 78 was home from school for energy conservation week and watching Ba Ba Black Sheep Squadron on NBC, my mom made London Broil and I slattered that sauce on!
She’s not worshipping it…she’s just making sure the tape doesn’t run out mid-party. 😀
Electrohome (Canada) 1967. The photo on the right is an ai simulation. #retro#hifi#stereo#Electrohome
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We went from this to a bag a peanuts, to making us pay more money for basically nothing. 😐 Never forget what they took from us. Douglas DC-8 aircraft cabin. #Retro#DC8#airtravel
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@peterrhague They're going to give the excuse like this: "Back in the day we were young and carefree just having fun. We were kids, yeah, we were pretty wild - it didn't mean nothing."
I have heard bs like this before. Making excuse for their criminality.